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(43) Date of publication: 10.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/10 (21) Application number: 97923160.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.05.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60T 11/ 26( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/001327 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/045305 (04.12.1997 Gazette 1997/52)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (30) Priority: 29.05.1996 GB 19960011123 29.05.1996 GB 19960011124 (71) Applicant: LUCAS INDUSTRIES public limited company Solihull, West Midlands B90 4LA (GB)	(72) Inventors: HARRIS, Alan Leslie Coventry CV7 7DU (GB) HOLDING, Keith Lawrence Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B76 1GJ (GB) UZZELL, Robert George Redditch, West Midlands B98 0NY (GB) MORTIMER, Ivan Solihull, West Midlands B92 7JT (GB) (74) Representative: Spall, Christopher John, et al  BARKER BRETTELL 138 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)